A shop floor worker operating machinery in a Midwest discrete manufacturing plant.

Trusted by Discrete Manufacturers for 40+ Years

SyteLine Works Better When You Have the Right Partner

We're the only SyteLine partner in the Midwest that built its own products — Shop-Trak, Doc-Trak, Fact-Trak, and APS-ME — to extend what the platform can do on your shop floor. Where you are in your SyteLine journey determines where we start.

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What's slowing your operation down?

Pick the challenge that sounds most like yours.

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“By the time my supervisor knows a job is behind, it's already a late shipment”

“By the time my supervisor knows a job is behind, it's already a late shipment” Show Me the Fix

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“The wrong revision is probably on my shop floor right now — and I'd never know until it's too late.”

“The wrong revision is probably on my shop floor right now — and I'd never know until it's too late.” Show Me the Fix

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“Simple performance questions take days to answer. And everyone still disagrees on the numbers.”

“Simple performance questions take days to answer. And everyone still disagrees on the numbers.” Show Me the Fix

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“My schedulers don't trust the system. We manage around it. Customers feel it.”

“My schedulers don't trust the system. We manage around it. Customers feel it.” Show Me the Fix

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“We're growing but adding headcount just to keep up. Something has to change.”

“We're growing but adding headcount just to keep up. Something has to change.” Show Me the Fix

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“We supply DoD or defense primes, and our ERP compliance posture isn't ready for what's coming”

“We supply DoD or defense primes, and our ERP compliance posture isn't ready for what's coming” Show Me the Fix

62
MACHINES

Managed by fewer people — with no new equipment.

Midwest-Based
40+ Years

810
MANUFACTURERS

One ITAR risk dataset. No other Midwest ERP partner has done this work.

2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ Leader in Cloud ERP for Product-Centric Enterprises — Infor, 5 Consecutive Years

We're Not Just Based Here. We're Built for Here.

The Lake Companies has worked exclusively with Midwest discrete manufacturers for over 40 years. Our team is here — in De Pere and Green Bay, reachable on-site when it matters. We know SyteLine implementations in this region because we've run hundreds of them. Infor assigns Midwest leads to us as their preferred Gold Partner, and Infor Resell Growth Partner of the Year, for a reason: nobody in this region has gone deeper on this platform.

Meet the Team

The Lake Companies team is headquartered in De Pere, Wisconsin.

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The resources most useful to manufacturers evaluating or optimizing SyteLine.

Shop Floor Efficiency Loss Calculator

Find out what untracked labor and paper-based supervision is costing you per year.

Calculate My Losses

APS Data Foundations Assessment

Is Your Data Ready for APS? Score your site's readiness for APS implementation success.

Take the Assessment

Book a SyteLine Health Check

45-minute structured diagnostic with a Lake senior consultant.

Book a Health Check

SyteLine Works Better When You Have the Right Partner

What's slowing your operation down?

One System. Three Products. Better Together.

Built for Your Industry

We're Not Just Based Here. We're Built for Here.

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SyteLine Works Better When You Have the Right Partner

What's New at Lake Companies

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What's slowing your operation down?

One System. Three Products. Better Together.

Built for Your Industry

We're Not Just Based Here. We're Built for Here.

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